Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime – Page 33

Search at factory of Navalny’s parents underway in Kirovles case

August 29, 2012 JRL Russia List Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

Search at factory of Navalny’s parents underway in Kirovles case – Itar-Tass – August 28 click here to read the orginal article Russian source Itar-Tass reports that authorities pursuing an investigation of Alexei Navalny have now conducted a search of his parents’ willow-weaving factory in the Moscow region. [Navalny is an opposition leader and anti-corruption lawyer-blogger.] The factory was first […]

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For Russians, August is the cruelest month

August 25, 2012 JRL Russia List Chechnya, Dagestan, North Caucasus, Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Disasters, History, Soviet Union, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

For Russians, August is the cruelest month – Washington Times – August 23, 2012 – Marc Bennetts click here to read original article The Washington Times explains that August, or “Black August” has somehow been the month when some of the worst disasters in recent Russian memory have occurred: in 1991, the attempted coup by communist hard-liners opposed to Gorbachev […]

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